Quotes about "order"

• Noun: (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed; example: "the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London"

• Noun: a degree in a continuum of size or quantity; examples: "it was on the order of a mile", "an explosion of a low order of magnitude"

• Noun: established customary state (especially of society); examples: "order ruled in the streets", "law and order"

• Noun: logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; example: "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"

• Noun: a condition of regular or proper arrangement; examples: "he put his desk in order", "the machine is now in working order"

• Noun: a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); example: "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there"

• Noun: a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities; example: "IBM received an order for a hundred computers"

• Noun: a formal association of people with similar interests; examples: "he joined a golf club", "they formed a small lunch society", "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today"

• Noun: a body of rules followed by an assembly

• Noun: (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy; example: "theologians still disagree over whether `bishop' should or should not be a separate Order"

• Noun: a group of person living under a religious rule; example: "the order of Saint Benedict"

• Noun: (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families

• Noun: a request for food or refreshment (as served in a restaurant or bar etc.); example: "I gave the waiter my order"

• Noun: (architecture) one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the type of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the Romans

• Noun: the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement; example: "there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list"

• Verb: give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; examples: "I said to him to go home", "She ordered him to do the shopping", "The mother told the child to get dressed"

• Verb: make a request for something; examples: "Order me some flowers", "order a work stoppage"

• Verb: issue commands or orders for

• Verb: bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; examples: "We cannot regulate the way people dress", "This town likes to regulate"

• Verb: bring order to or into; example: "Order these files"

• Verb: place in a certain order; example: "order these files"

• Verb: appoint to a clerical posts; example: "he was ordained in the Church"

• Verb: arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; examples: "arrange my schedule", "set up one's life", "I put these memories with those of bygone times"

• Verb: assign a rank or rating to; examples: "how would you rank these students?", "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"